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The Forum is KSFR's Public Affairs show where important issues of the day are discussed in a hard hitting but civilized manner. Hosted by noted broadcaster Jim Falk, former president of the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth, a sister organization of Global Santa Fe where he now serves as vice chairman. Since 2019, he has been the host of Perspectives Matter…a McCuistion Program, a weekly public affairs program that airs on KERA, the PBS station for North Texas. He produces and hosts the podcast, WorldNow with Jim Falk, which is presented by Global Santa Fe and the World Affairs Council of Connecticut.
He is graduate of Washington and Lee University and earned in MA in Foreign Affairs at the University of Virginia with a focus on international law and Middle East Politics. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Listen Live: Mondays from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Or catch the rebroadcast: Wednesdays from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Join the conversation: email - forum@ksfr.org
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Local News
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A few months after Bill Church took leadership of Santa Fe's paper of record, the veteran journalist fields questions on the final Forum episode of 2024. -
Sen. Ben Ray Lujan joined colleagues from Arizona and California to urge federal action on programs in preparation for mass deportation threats emerging from the incoming Trump administration. -
Children, Youth, and Families Department Secretary Teresa Casados provided a presentation to the Legislative Finance Committee, and fielded questions about the agency's struggle to improve staff retention and child maltreatment rates. -
New Mexico's representative for the first U.S. House district, Melanie Stansbury announced her candidacy as ranking member of the Natural Resources Committee. -
At its second meeting, members of the Missing or Murdered Indigenous Peoples Task Force heard from community members pleading for more details, support, and advocacy for families of victims. -
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Interviews
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The Forum host Jim Falk speaks with attorney Jim James regarding the Expanded Power Capacity Project. Full interview. -
Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver, in her tenth year on the job, has faced many challenges as the state's election chief. An MIT project recently ranked New Mexico as the best state in the U.S. in election administration. -
Professor Kastenberg is one of the highest regarding legal analysts in the country and has extensive experience as both a prosecutor and public defender. -
As the 2023 New Mexico Legislature kicks off it's 60-day session, Think New Mexico has released recommendations to improve the state's education system.
